Question

Driving to a friend’s house on a recent evening, I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s rooftop. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it is that most city people --- myself included --- usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.

My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life.

I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest house with no electricity or running hot water. Our group had campfires outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.

Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fiber-glass. We have television, cell phones, pagers, electricity, heaters and ovens and air-conditioners, cars, computers.

Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent indoors, I thought, “Before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains. And perhaps write, but not in anger. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touched the moon.”

1.The best title for the passage would be _________.

A．Touched by the Moon

B．The Pleasures of Modern Life

C．A Bottomless well of Silence

D．Break away from Modern life

2.The writer felt sorry for himself because __________.

A．there was too much pollution.

B．he failed to see the fullest moon.

C．he didn’t adapt to modern inventions

D．there were too many accidents on the road.

3.What impressed the writer most in the mountainous jungle of northern India?

A．No modern equipment.	B．Complete silence.
C．The nice moon.	D．The high mountain.

4.Modern things are mentioned mainly to ___________.

A．show that the writer likes city life very much.

B．tell us that people greatly benefit from modern life.

C．explain that people have less chances to enjoy nature.

D．show that we can also enjoy nature at home through them.

5.The author wrote the passage to __________.

A．express the feeling of returning to nature.

B．show the love for the moonlight.

C．advise modern people to learn to live.

D．want to communicate longing for modern life.

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.A

【解析】本文作者借描写月色来表现了一种渴望回归自然、寻找闲适生活的愿望。

1.A 主旨大意题。文章通过描绘了月亮的美丽，表达了作者对月亮所代表的自然美的敬畏之情，同时美丽的月色也触动了作者的心灵。Touched by the moon（月色动人），借景抒情，以此作为题目简洁明了，点出了文章的主旨。

2.B 细节理解题。由第一段中的…thinking about what a pity it was that most city dwellers people? Myself included? Usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.可知答案为B。

3.C 细节理解题。由第三段最后一句And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.可知答案为 C。作者在印度北部旅行时，为月色所动。  

4.C 推理判断题。作者列举了一系列现代发明，其目的是说人类在享受这些现代发明所带来的好处的同时，也减少了接触大自然、享受月色的机会，表达了淡淡的惋惜之情。作者在此并无全盘否定现代文明之意，我们应结合上一段，才能较好地把握文章的含义。

5.A 写作意图题。本文作者借描写月色来表现了一种渴望回归自然、寻找闲适生活的愿望。最后一段作者渴望隐居深山，独坐农舍，在寒冷的静夜，踱步户外，随时看到伸手可及的月亮，touch一语双关，既指在高原地带常可以看到月色，也指作者可以用自己的心灵去触摸月亮，触摸自然。